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RESILIENT REALITY FOR COMPLEX COMMUNICATIONS
An Extended Reality (Proto-)Lab at Algoma University
ABOUT THE LAB
ABOUT THE LAB
At R2/C2 Lab, the goal is to reimagine the metaverse. Instead of constructing a universal metaverse as an immersive 3D world, the goal is to facilitate the sharing of the physical world and virtual content so that people from around the world can still enjoy a similar experience. R2/C2 Lab also aims to promote an accessible reality where everyone can use common devices like cellphones and projectors to continue accessing the metaverse.
R2/C2 also aims to develop new data science and mathematical methods for robust analysis of metaverse data.
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Before R2/C2
Before R2/C2
When Prof. Hu joined Algoma University in 2024 and was promoted to a full-time professor in 2025, Prof. Hu's goal was to advance immersive analytics. He planned to expand Gander, his PhD work at Dalhousie University. However, he decided to change his focus to affordable and robust XR instead. The field of immersive analytics, in his opinion, requires the fundamentals to be nailed down first. Before R2/C2, he collaborated with Prof. Muhammad Azam and two other students: Harris Adedeji (Sep 2025 - Aug 2026) , and Meet Shekhada (May 2025 - Aug 2025). He also co-authored a work with Prof. Somang Nam and his Bachelor's thesis advisee (name withheld).
Currently, Prof. Hu is supervising a Bachelor's thesis student (name withheld) with Prof. Ryan Chown to develop an XR planetarium since Sep 2026. Since the work is done while R2/C2 is still being developed, he will not consider it part of R2/C2. However, this may be revisited later.
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